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Sampling, groundplans, total evidence and the systematics of arthropods

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Arthropod Relationships

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The outline of arthropod relationships was clearly and firmly established by Snodgrass (1938) (Figure 8.1). All work on these taxa since then concerns the support for, and discussion of the basic groups he delineated. Although the efforts of Tiegs, Manton, and Anderson (Tiegs and Manton, 1958; Manton, 1964, 1973, 1979; Anderson, 1979) to incorporate functional morphology and observational embryology diverted discussion from Snodgrass' basic principles, the field has returned to the apportionment of variation so productive in the past.

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Wheeler, W.C. (1998). Sampling, groundplans, total evidence and the systematics of arthropods. In: Fortey, R.A., Thomas, R.H. (eds) Arthropod Relationships. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4904-4_8

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